He (kana)

he
hiragana katakana
transliteration	he
hiragana origin	部
katakana origin	部

へ, in hiragana, or ヘ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which represents one mora. The two ways of writing this mora are almost identical. Each is written in one stroke and represents [he]. The [he] sound is the only sound that is written identically in hiragana and katakana. In the Sakhalin dialect of the Ainu language, ヘ can be written as small ㇸ to represent a final h after an e sound (エㇸ eh).

Forms	Rōmaji	Hiragana	Katakana	Example words (with kanji)
Normal h- (は行 ha-gyō)	he	へ	ヘ	へび hebi 蛇 snake へる heru 減る abate/decrease へんか henka 変化 change/modification へい hei 塀 wall へいあん heian 平安 tranquility
	hei hee hē	へい, へぃ へえ, へぇ へー	ヘイ, ヘィ ヘエ, ヘェ ヘー
Addition dakuten b- (ば行 ba-gyō)	be	べ	ベ	かべ kabe 壁 wall べんきょう benkyō 勉強 studying ベッド beddo bed なんべい nambei 南米 South America
	bei bee bē	べい, べぃ べえ, べぇ べー	ベイ, ベィ ベエ, ベェ ベー
Addition handakuten p- (ぱ行 pa-gyō)	pe	ぺ	ペ	いっぺん ippen 一辺 on a side ペルー perū Peru
	pei pee pē	ぺい, ぺぃ ぺえ, ぺぇ ぺー	ペイ, ペィ ペエ, ペェ ペー

Stroke order

Stroke order in writing へ

Stroke order in writing ヘ

Stroke order in writing へ

Stroke order in writing ヘ

Other representations

• Computer encodings

Character	へ		ヘ		ﾍ		ㇸ
Unicode name	HIRAGANA LETTER HE		KATAKANA LETTER HE		HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER HE		KATAKANA LETTER SMALL HE
Encodings	decimal	hex	decimal	hex	decimal	hex	decimal	hex
Unicode	12408	U+3078	12504	U+30D8	65421	U+FF8D	12792	U+31F8
UTF-8	227 129 184	E3 81 B8	227 131 152	E3 83 98	239 190 141	EF BE 8D	227 135 184	E3 87 B8
Numeric character reference	へ	へ	ヘ	ヘ	ﾍ	ﾍ	ㇸ	ㇸ
Shift JIS	130 214	82 D6	131 119	83 77	205	CD

Character	べ		ベ		ぺ		ペ
Unicode name	HIRAGANA LETTER BE		KATAKANA LETTER BE		HIRAGANA LETTER PE		KATAKANA LETTER PE
Encodings	decimal	hex	decimal	hex	decimal	hex	decimal	hex
Unicode	12409	U+3079	12505	U+30D9	12410	U+307A	12506	U+30DA
UTF-8	227 129 185	E3 81 B9	227 131 153	E3 83 99	227 129 186	E3 81 BA	227 131 154	E3 83 9A
Numeric character reference	べ	べ	ベ	ベ	ぺ	ぺ	ペ	ペ
Shift JIS	130 215	82 D7	131 120	83 78	130 216	82 D8	131 121	83 79

• Braille

へ / ヘ in Japanese Braille
へ / ヘ he	べ / ベ be	ぺ / ペ pe	へい / ヘー hē/hei	べい / ベー bē/bei	ぺい / ペー pē/pei

• Japanese semaphore